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MARCH 31. 1945
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION jOF GEORGIA
THREE—A
Pastor at Dalton
“Cotton Ball” Given at
Hinesville USO Club
(Special to The Bulletin)
HINESVILE, Ga. — A “Cotton
Ball” was given in the main hall
of the USO-NCCS recreational
center here on March 14, in com
memoration of the invention of
the cotton gin by Eli Whitney-
Feminine guests wore cotton
dresses and the lounge and main
hall were appropriately decorat
ed, Junior and senior hostesses
from Hinesville. Savannah,
Brunswick. Jesup. St. Simon’s Is
land, Baxley and Hazelhurst at
tended.
FATHER McCANN
The Rev. James E. McCann, C.
SS. R., pastor of Our Lady of
Perpetual ’Help parish in Dalton,
Ga.
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ST. BENEDICT’S DAY
OBSERVED IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. — In observ
ance of the Feast of St. Benedict,
a Solemn High Mass was cele
brated on March 18 at the Sacred
, Heart church, a charge of the
benedictine Fathers, members of,
the Order founded by St. Bene
dict more than fourteen hundred
years ago.
The celebrant of the Mass was
the Right Rev. Msgr. T. James
’ McNamara, rector of the Cathe
dral of St. John the Baptist. The
Rev. Aloysius Wachter, O. S. B.,
was deacon; the Rev. Timothy.
• Flaherty, O. S. B., subdeacon, and
the Rev. Norbert McGowan, O. S
B., master of ceremonies. The
sermon was delivered by the Rev
Robert Brennan. O. S. B.
The cadet corps of the Benedic*
tine Military School attended and
after the Mass passed in review
at the Park Extension.
A Victory Garden project for
civilian personnel of Camp Stew
art is being sponsored jointly by
the Federal Housing Project and
the USO-NCCS. The garden will
be located on ground adjacent to
the Federal Housing settlement
and on grounds of the USO Club
operated by the National Catholic
Community Service, under the
direction of F. L. McDonough.
Each Saturday morning the
USO-NCCS in Hinesville is spon
soring a Children’s Hour, offer
ing recreation and training at the
weekly sessions. Children from
Hinesville and Oakdale enjoy
games and learn clay modeling,
finger painting and other arts,
also enjoy the facilities of the
USO-NCCS Club. Each Thursday
afternoon, high school students
gather at the club for musical pro
grams, ping pong, dancing les
sons, and supervised amusements.
MILLEDGEVILLE PASTOR
ON RELIGIOUS WEEK
PROGRAM AT G. M. C.
Catholic Mission in Dalton
Two years ago, the “Greenhurst” property on South Thornton Ave
nue, in Dalton, Georgia, was acquired by the Redemptorist Fathers,
who had been assigned a mission territory in North Georgia the previ-
ous year by the Most Rev. Gerald P. O’Hara, D. D., J. U. D.. Bishop
ot Savannah-Atlanta. The Rev James McCann, C. SS. R., is the pas
tor of the parish in Dalton, which has been dedicated under the pat
ronage of Our Lady 6f Perpetual Help. The property has been con
verted into a chapel and a rectory, to be used until it is possible to
erect a church in Dalton.
Catholic High School
Students in Augusta
Win Honor as Orators
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — The
Rev. John Toomey, pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church, was among
the speakers who addressed the
students of Georgia Military Col
lege here during Religious Em
phasis Week. Father Toomey's
subjects were “The Value of Sacri
fice,” and “Do I Owe God Any
thing?”
Best Wishes
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Students of
the Boys’ Catholic High School,
conducted by the Marist Broth
ers, won all top honors in the
Richmond County elimination
contest of the eighth annual na
tional high school oratorical con
test sponsored by the American
ization committee of the Ameri
can Legion.
Edward Casliin, a senior, was
awarded first prize for his oration
orr “The Framing Fathers;” Wil
liam Eubanks won second place
with bis theme. “The Meaning of
Democracy,” and Jack Lenz took
third honor speaking on “The
Constitution and Freedom of the
American People."
Judges of the contest were Paul
Knox, principal of the North Au
gusta High School; Benjamin E.
Pierce and Eugene Kerr, local at
torneys. C. C. Stulb, chairman of
the Americanism committee of
Louis L Battey Post, made the
awards.
Edward Cashin, of the Boys’
Catholic High School, followed his
success in the county contest by
winning first honor in the Tenth
Congressional District contest, be
coming eligible to enter the state
finals.
Judges of the’ district contest
were F. Frederick Kennedy and
George Blanos local attorneys;
Mrs. Benjamin E. Lester, former
chairman of the high school com
mittee of the Board of Education
of Richmond County; Miss Josic
Bodeker, principal of Monte Sano
School, and Henry O. Read, pro
fessor of English at the Junior
College of Augusta.
1945 Catholic Almanac
Comes Off the Press
Parish in La Grange
Sponsors Radio Program
(Special to The Bulletin)
LAGRANGE, Ga. — St .Peter’s
parish here is sponsoring the
broadcast of the recorded Sacred
Heart program each Sunday at
7:15 p m. over Radio Station
WLAG
Pfc. James Eugene McGinnis,
a member of St. Peter’s parish,
arrived home recently after serv
ing in the South Pacific for three
and one-lialf years, to spend a
furlough with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. V. McGinnis.
His sister, Pfc. Katherine Mc
Ginnis, of the U. S. Marine Corps
Women's Reserve, came home on
a furlough from Parris Island
while Private McGinnis was in
LaGrange.
Mr. and Mrs- George Mansour,
of St. Pater’s parish, have an
nounced the birth of a son,
George Mansour, Jr.
Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Sid
ney M. Gay. also members of the
parish, have announced the birth
of a son, Sidney Michael Gay.
ROTARY CLUB IN DALTON •
HEARS FATHER MORIARTY
Father Hugh Hewitt
Preaches During Lent
at St. Patrick's, Augusta
AUGUSTA, Ga.—The Rev. Hugh
J. Hewitt, a priest of the Diocese
of Brooklyn, delivered a series of
interesting and instructive ser
mons on “The Externals of the
Mass”, at devotion held at St. Pat
rick’s Church each Wednesday eve
ning during Lent.
Father Hewitt began the series
with an explanation of the purpose
and symbolism of the vestments
which are worn by the celebrating
priest, assisted by the Rev. Henry
Iloneck^ assistant pastor ol St.
Patrick’s, who was present in the
sanctuary and donned the various
vestments as Father Hewitt ex
plained them.
Father Hewitt also delivered the
panegyric at the Solemn High
Mass which was celebrated on St.
Patrick’s Day, and conducted the
“Tre Ore” devotions of Good Fri
day.
On (he Feast of St. Thomas
Aquinas, Father Hewitt delivered
an address to the students of the
Boys' Catholic High School on the
life of the "Angelic Doctor.”
The Rev. Joseph J. Malloy ad
minister of St. Patrick's, deliv
ered a series of sermons on the
Sacrament of Penance at the Sun
day evening services during Lent
NCCW Diocesan Committee
Circulates Brief Against
Federal Education Bill
(Special to The Bulletin)
MACON, Ga. — The Legislative
Committee of the Savannah-Atlan
ta Diocesan Council of the Nation
al Council of Catholic Women, re
cently mailed several hundred
copies of a brief in opposition to
the passage of the Federal Aid to
Education bill, now before. Con
gress, to educators throughout
Georgia. The brief was written
by the Rev. Msgr. Edward B. Jor
dan, D. D„ vice-rector of the Cath
olic University of America.
The committee is composed of
Mrs. John J. McCreary, Macon;
Mrs. D. J. O’Connor, Augusta; Mrs’
John Brennan, Savannah, and
Mrs. H. A. McLellan, Atlanta.
Best Wishes
Coffee Shop
54 Rooms 54 Baths
HOTEL DALTON
JOE C. McCORD, Res. Mgr-
Dalton, Ga..
A wealth of information can be
found in The National Catholic Al
manac for 1945, recently published
by St. Anthony's Guild, Paterson
N. J.
It is truly a condensed Catholic
library of facts, and it as was
described by the American Ecclesi
astical Review, “by far the most
valuable Catholic handbook ap
pearing in the world today.”
Containing information on Cath
olic doctrine and practice, history
and organization, education and
mission, social action and groups,
and general information on gov
ernment and law, art and litera
ture, science and sports, progress
of the war and other current
events, the volume should he wel
comed in every Catholic home,
and certainly should be in the li
brary of every Catholic school.
Because the Almanac is the only
book of its type in the United
States, the demand for it is heavy,
and The Bulletin suggests that any
of its readers who may desire a
copy of it, order one without de
lay from St. Anthony’s Guild Pat
erson. 3, N. J. The clothbound
edition is priced at $1.50. while the
paperbound edition at $1.00 per
copy is a wonderful investment.
THE FIRST COLORED priest
just recently ordained lor the
Diocese of Trenton by the Most
Rev. William A. Griffin, Bishop
of Trenton, is the Rev. Thomas
Campbell Jones who is, as far as it
is known in Trenton, the fourth
Colored Diocesan priest in the
United States. Others are in Los
Angeles, Flint, Mich., ana Buffalo,
N. Y. In addition there are twenty
Colored priests in this country
who are members of the Society
ot the Divine Word, besides one
Trinitarian and one Josephitc.
DALTON, Ga—The Rev. Ed
ward Moriarty, C. SS. R., was the
speaker at the luncheon meeting
of the Dalton Rotary Club at the
Hotel Dalton on February 20.
Father Moriarty traced briefly
(he early history of Religious Or
ders, and then described the mo
nastic life of the Trappists, who
established the Monastery of Our
Lady of the Holy Ghost near Con
yers, Ga., last year.
A BILL amending tile Public
School Code to provide that all
public schools must include a pe
riod of instruction in the Bible lias
been introduced in the state Sen
ate of Pennsylvania. The proposed
amendment provides that “instruc
tion in the Holy Bible shall be
given and studied as a regular
branch by all pupils in all depart
ments of the public schools. Pres
entation of the bill follows a con
troversy that started after the so
licitor of the Harrisburg city
school board held It illegal to pro
vide religious study during School
hours.
N. C. W. C. Aide
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S CLUB
MEETS IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The
February meeting of the Catholic
Women’s Club was held with Miss
Alice Moran, the president, pre
siding. and the Rev. Richard C
Madden, assistant pastor of the
Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist, speaking on “Spanish Mis
sions in South Carolina.”
Vocal selections were rendered
by Miss Frances Schachte. with
Miss Jean Matthews as accompan
ist.
Members who volunteered to
act as hostesses for the Sunday
afternoon “coffee hour” at the
Women's Division USO Club dur
ing March were Mrs. James Fur
long, Mrs. George Tuttle, Mrs.
Frank Thompson, and Misses
Dorothy Sullivan, Mary Dora Cisa
and Elsie Condon.-
AUGUSTAN IS OFFICER OF
CITADEL NEWMAN CLUB
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Cadet
John Algernon Smith, 111, of Au
gusta,, has been elected secretary
and treasurer of the Newman
Club at the Citadel-
SOUTH CAROLINA remains
tlje only state of the United Stales
to prohibit divorce. A resolution
proposing an amendment to the
state constitution to permit di
vorce failed to obtain the neces
sary two-thirds majority of the
state legislature. The constitution
of the state of South Carolina has
prohibited divorce for half a cen
tury.
Rev. Paul F. Tanner, priest of
the Archdiocese of Milwaukee,
for the past three years Director
of the Youth Department of the
National Catholic Welfare Con
ference, who has been named As
sistant General Secretary of the
N. C. W. C.—(Brooks photo-N. C.
W. C.).
MINDFUL OF THE HAZARDS
of offering Mass in regular vest
ments in a battle area. Lieut. Wil
liam L. Byrne, a Salesian priest
now serving as a Navy chaplain,
displayed a chasuble made from
camouflaged ponchos aboard a
coast guard ship as he prepared
to embark on the Iwo Jima island
invasion with United States forces.
A CONCURRENT RESOLU
TION declaring It to be un-Amer
ican to participate in activities to
create racial or religious disunity
has been introduced in the House
of Representatives by Representa
tive Samuel Dickstcin of New
York. The resolution If. C. R. No.
35, was referred to the committee
on Judiciary.